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Religion and Popular Beliefs

Religion and Popular Beliefs

Janet M. Hartley

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Yale University Press

DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300167948.003.0010

This chapter examines religion and traditional beliefs in Siberia. Siberia was a place of exile or a place of refuge for Orthodox Christians who rejected the changes within the official Church—the Old Believers—and for members of dissident sects. It was home to Muslims, Buddhists, and people with animistic beliefs. While the clergy of the Orthodox Church tried to convert non-Christians, they also had to live alongside other faiths. The relationship between the official state religion and pagan and magical practices was complex in Russia, and became more so in Siberia due to the scarcity of clergy, the remoteness of many settlements, and the existence of strong traditional beliefs among the indigenous population.

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